This golden bowl with five-color flowers, gold leaves and lines, is 8.3 cm high, 17 cm in diameter, and .7 cm in full diameter.
It has an open mouth, a deep belly, short round feet, no glaze inside the bottom foot, and a water chestnut-shaped protrusion in the center of the bottom.
The body color is white, the glaze color is clear, and the inside and outside are full of glaze. It is a typical Shufu kiln type.
The inner edge of the bowl is decorated with a honeysuckle pattern and dark patterns, and the center of the bowl is decorated with a persimmon stem pattern and a Sanskrit text.
The outer edge of the bowl has an arc pattern and is decorated with dark water ripples, and the lower part of the outer belly is decorated with lotus petal patterns and eight treasure patterns.
The glaze color of this bowl is clear, and the inside and outside are covered with glaze. The decoration is made of purple, blue, malachite green, and enamel glaze, and is decorated with gold pieces in between.
The bowl's frame is exquisite, its color is white and pure, and its underglaze printing is exquisite. It is undoubtedly the highest quality Privy porcelain.
Among the colorful decorations on the glaze, in addition to combining traditional decorations, there are also many exotic decorations and diverse cultures. This is a very significant feature of the Yuan Dynasty's wares.
The decorative style of this bowl combines many elements of Han culture in the Central Plains, Tibetan Buddhist culture and Central Asian culture in the Western Regions.
The white style of porcelain comes from the preference of Mongolian nobles.
First of all, the lotus petal patterns and miscellaneous treasure patterns on the outer wall of the bowl represent the classic characteristics of Tibetan Buddhism, which first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty and became popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
There are many images of treasures taken. In the Yuan Dynasty, there are double horns, silver ingots, rhinoceros horns, fire beads, flames, fire wheels, conchs, corals, double coins, etc.
In the Ming Dynasty, Xiangyun, Ganoderma lucidum, Fangsheng, moxa leaf, scroll, pen, Xin, tripod, gourd, etc. were added.
Because it has not yet formed a fixed formula and can be used arbitrarily, it is called miscellaneous treasures.
The miscellaneous treasure patterns on this large bowl can be confirmed by comparison with many blue and white utensils of the same period.
In addition, Sanskrit is written in blue ink in the center of the bowl, which is the "seed character" of Fudo Mingwang.
In Tantric Buddhism, the word "seed" represents the Sanskrit word for the mantra spoken by Buddha, Bodhisattva and other deities.
Each Buddha or Bodhisattva has its own special enlightenment or Dharma door, and each saint of the Buddha family has a "seed character".
It is the "seed" that gives birth to a holy deity. When practitioners of mantra practice the "deity method", they usually meditate on emptiness first.
Then the foundation and the rosette appear in the emptiness. Then on the rosette, watch the seed character arise and become the deity. Only then can all the merits of the deity be manifested.
In addition, the word "seed" can produce multiple words from one word, so it is called "seed".
It has the effect of leading those who practice true words and deeds to manifest their merits and enter into their true nature.
Without this word, it would be impossible for those who practice true words and deeds to hear the merits and virtues of all the deities and be determined to practice them.
Fudoka Mingwang is regarded as the wrathful incarnation of Vairocana Buddha and is the highest venerable among all the Mingwangs.
It has a high reputation among Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism, and together with Guanyin Bodhisattva and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, it is one of the three main Buddha statues.
The whole body of Fudo Myooh is blue, so the seed character is also expressed in blue.
King Ming holds the sword of wisdom in his right hand and is surrounded by flames, showing an angry image, indicating that he will never stop moving forward in exorcising demons and killing ghosts.
It can be seen that this large bowl is not only a royal porcelain handicraft of the Yuan Dynasty with extraordinary craftsmanship, but also a vessel of special significance for the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty to worship Buddha, and its status is even more noble.
The remaining lines, embellishments and gold-filling techniques reflect the cultural influence from Central Asia.
Persian-Arab art is based on abstract curved patterns of geometric figures.
They absorbed and carried forward the curvilinear style of the brown leaf curly grass pattern in Egypt and the symbolism of the Sasanian Persian pattern.
A unique decorative style with continuous curves and symmetrical geometric patterns as its main features has been formed.
It pays attention to the symmetry of lines and the precise mathematical proportions of geometric patterns, giving people a continuous, complex and exquisite texture.
The blue glaze lines outlined in continuous arcs on the outer wall of this large bowl are very different from the straight single-string patterns and double-string patterns used in traditional Chinese porcelain decoration.
This kind of decoration has distinctive artistic characteristics of the Central Asian region. The continuous arcs form a silhouette similar to the spire buildings in the traditional architecture of Central Asia.
Each downward pointing tip is also decorated with a floral pattern pendant.
Plants and flowers similar to lily of the valley or begonia appear in large numbers in Persian-Aber-Islamic art.
This flower appears repeatedly as a classic pendant on cultural relics such as the Sogdian-style goat-pattern cup neck ornament in the Hermitage Museum of Russia and the central dome trim of the Great Mosque of Cordoba.
The special decoration used on this bowl shows the results of mutual exchange and influence in the art field during a period.
Of course, this adds new elements to my country's traditional ceramic art, showing a broader artistic expression.
This was a bold attempt and successful innovation, which made useful explorations for the development of colored porcelain in later generations.
Such a bowl must be considered a national treasure.
Although it is incomparable with some valuable treasures, its quantity is really small, even much less than the Chenghua Doucai Sanqiu Cup.
Chen Wenzhe never expected to encounter such a valuable treasure on the streets of Yangluo.
And the asking price is not high, because people who don’t know better would think it is a modern high imitation, because it is so beautiful and looks so new.
"Boss, how do you sell this small bowl?"
After looking at something, naturally the first thing to do is to take it in hand, and then ask about the price.
"This colorful little bowl is not simple. Look at the gold on it. It is definitely a royal item."
The boss is a young man. Judging from his constantly rolling eyes, he should be a very lively and standard businessman.
Chen Wenzhe didn't feel much about his self-promotion because he had seen a lot.
"Let's just tell you how much it costs. There are a lot of handicrafts nowadays that are painted with gold. This is just a piece of ornamental porcelain. If it were dishes for eating, I would be afraid that the heavy metal would exceed the standard!"
Chen Wenzhe is very familiar with some of the current porcelain, especially the porcelain that sells for more than ten yuan or a few yuan. If it is very beautiful, you need to be careful.
Especially those with gold embroidery on the edges, or multicolored, blue and white, gold embroidery and other crafts on the inside of plates and bowls, you need to be careful, because these must be made later.
If it is used to serve dishes or eat, if the temperature is slightly higher, the toxic substances inside those materials will definitely be released, causing pollution to the food.
When Chen Wenzhe said this, the young boss knew that he was an expert, so he said directly: "This is also an antique, and it has the characteristics of the early Ming Dynasty, and the price is very expensive."
"Boss, just make an offer directly and see if I can accept it. If not, I will go to other stores to check."
"This is a Hongwu five-color gold-painted bowl from the Ming Dynasty. It costs at least 200,000 yuan." The young boss gritted his teeth and said.
Chen Wenzhe looked a little funny, and the boss also noticed it.
He said a little frustrated: "I'm not asking for random prices. These are really good things, but they look too new, but they are really antiques. Look at the craftsmanship. Can imitations achieve this level?"
Chen Wenzhe was stunned, how many more such porcelains could there be?
"Boss, you are not being kind. The craftsmanship of this bowl is good, but 200,000 yuan is too expensive. Even Hongwu Wucai won't be so expensive, right? I can pay 200,000 yuan, unless you
I can produce four porcelains of the same craftsmanship."